vors-

versūra ( vors-), ae, f. [verto], a turning round, twirling about, rotating.

Lit.:

foliorum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 46:

ejus loci (coxendicum),

id. L. L. 7, § 67 Müll.—

Transf.

The turning-place, turn at the end of a furrow, Col. 2, 2, 28; Pall. 2, 3, 1.—

In archit., a turn, corner, angle of a wall, Vitr 3, 1; 5, 6 fin.; 5, 12;

or in a water conduit,

id. 8, 7.—

(Qs. a changing of one's creditor.) The borrowing of money to pay a debt (the class. signif. of the word); and hence, in gen., a borrowing, loan:

versuram facere mutuam pecuniam sumere ex eo dictum est, quod initio qui mutuabantur ab aliis, non ut domum ferrent, sed ut aliis solverent, velut verterent creditorem,

Fest. p. 379 Müll.:

eos homines versuram a Carpinatio fecisse, qui pecunias Verri dedissent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

sine mutuatione et sine versurā dissolvere,

id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

Salaminii cum Romae versuram facere vellent, non poterant,

id. Att. 5, 21, 12; 15, 20, 4; id. Font. 5, 11; id. Fl. 20, 48:

cum versuram facere publice necesse esset,

Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5.— Trop., Sen. Ep. 19, 9; id. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

vereor, ne illud, quod tecum permutavi, versurā mihi solvendum sit,

is to be paid by a new loan, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

versurā factā solvere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 2: non modo versurā, verum etiam [p. 1977] venditione, si ita res coget, nos vindicabis, id. ib. 16, 2, 2:

versura vetita,

Tac. A. 6, 16.—Prov.: in eodem luto haesitas, vorsurā solves, you pay by borrowing, i. e. you get out of one difficulty by getting into another, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; Lact. 2, 8, 24.

versūtus ( vors-), a, um, adj. [a lengthened form of versus, from verto; cf. astutus init. ].

In a good sense, adroit, dexterous, versatile; shrewd, clever, ingenious (class.;

syn. callidus): homo versutus et callidus (versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur),

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

quod (genus acuminis) erat in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,

id. Brut. 67, 236:

animus acutus atque versutus,

id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

versutissimum et patientissimum Lacedaemonium Lysandrum accepimus,

id. Off. 1, 30, 109:

adulescens docte vorsutus fuit,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 55.—

In a bad sense, cunning, crafty, wily, sly, deceitful (freq. and class.;

syn. vafer): vorsutior es quam rota figularis,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 35:

non esse servus pejor hoc quisquam potest, Nec magis versutus,

id. As. 1, 1, 106; cf. id. Ps. 4, 8, 6:

hoc est hominis versuti, obscuri, astuti, fallacis, malitiosi, callidi, veteratoris, vafri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 57; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 10:

acutus, versutus, veterator,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 53; 2, 17, 54:

Corinna,

Ov. Am. 2, 19, 9:

propago,

id. M. 11, 312 al. — Sup., Vell. 2, 118, 1.—With gen.:

versutus ingenii,

Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 56.— Adv.: ver-sūtē, cunningly, craftily, slyly, Cic. Or. 7, 22; id. Brut. 9, 35.— Sup., Aug Trin. 15, 20.

versūra ( vors-), ae, f. [verto], a turning round, twirling about, rotating.

Lit.:

foliorum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 46:

ejus loci (coxendicum),

id. L. L. 7, § 67 Müll.—

Transf.

The turning-place, turn at the end of a furrow, Col. 2, 2, 28; Pall. 2, 3, 1.—

In archit., a turn, corner, angle of a wall, Vitr 3, 1; 5, 6 fin.; 5, 12;

or in a water conduit,

id. 8, 7.—

(Qs. a changing of one's creditor.) The borrowing of money to pay a debt (the class. signif. of the word); and hence, in gen., a borrowing, loan:

versuram facere mutuam pecuniam sumere ex eo dictum est, quod initio qui mutuabantur ab aliis, non ut domum ferrent, sed ut aliis solverent, velut verterent creditorem,

Fest. p. 379 Müll.:

eos homines versuram a Carpinatio fecisse, qui pecunias Verri dedissent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

sine mutuatione et sine versurā dissolvere,

id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

Salaminii cum Romae versuram facere vellent, non poterant,

id. Att. 5, 21, 12; 15, 20, 4; id. Font. 5, 11; id. Fl. 20, 48:

cum versuram facere publice necesse esset,

Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5.— Trop., Sen. Ep. 19, 9; id. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

vereor, ne illud, quod tecum permutavi, versurā mihi solvendum sit,

is to be paid by a new loan, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

versurā factā solvere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 2: non modo versurā, verum etiam [p. 1977] venditione, si ita res coget, nos vindicabis, id. ib. 16, 2, 2:

versura vetita,

Tac. A. 6, 16.—Prov.: in eodem luto haesitas, vorsurā solves, you pay by borrowing, i. e. you get out of one difficulty by getting into another, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; Lact. 2, 8, 24.

versūtus ( vors-), a, um, adj. [a lengthened form of versus, from verto; cf. astutus init. ].

In a good sense, adroit, dexterous, versatile; shrewd, clever, ingenious (class.;

syn. callidus): homo versutus et callidus (versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur),

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

quod (genus acuminis) erat in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,

id. Brut. 67, 236:

animus acutus atque versutus,

id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

versutissimum et patientissimum Lacedaemonium Lysandrum accepimus,

id. Off. 1, 30, 109:

adulescens docte vorsutus fuit,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 55.—

In a bad sense, cunning, crafty, wily, sly, deceitful (freq. and class.;

syn. vafer): vorsutior es quam rota figularis,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 35:

non esse servus pejor hoc quisquam potest, Nec magis versutus,

id. As. 1, 1, 106; cf. id. Ps. 4, 8, 6:

hoc est hominis versuti, obscuri, astuti, fallacis, malitiosi, callidi, veteratoris, vafri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 57; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 10:

acutus, versutus, veterator,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 53; 2, 17, 54:

Corinna,

Ov. Am. 2, 19, 9:

propago,

id. M. 11, 312 al. — Sup., Vell. 2, 118, 1.—With gen.:

versutus ingenii,

Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 56.— Adv.: ver-sūtē, cunningly, craftily, slyly, Cic. Or. 7, 22; id. Brut. 9, 35.— Sup., Aug Trin. 15, 20.